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🌱 Patch AM: Want a booth on Main Street for Fall Fair? Here’s how.
Coming up: Teen Art Break Drop-In on the Center Moriches Patch calendar

Good day Center Moriches! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Want a booth on Main Street for Fall Fair? Here's how.
- How neighbors are helping a Center Moriches man after a medical crisis.
Also on today's calendar: Saturday Shabbat Services and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Fog in the morning and humid, with a high of 85 and low of 69 degrees.
- Thursday: Humid with brief showers, temps: high: 83, low: 66.
- Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 81 and low of 66 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Moriches Chamber Announces Annual Fall Fair (southshorepress.com) — Main Street in Center Moriches will close to traffic on Sunday, Oct. 18 for the Chamber of Commerce's annual Fall Fair, running 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Vendors can now register online or by mail, with discounted rates for chamber members and nonprofits and higher fees for food trucks and day-of signups. Organizers stress that payment is required to reserve a space.
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• Community rallies around Center Moriches man airlifted home from Ithaca (greaterlongisland.com) — A Center Moriches resident is back on Long Island after being medically airlifted from Ithaca following a severe seizure, but he still faces a long hospital stay and recovery. Friends launched a GoFundMe that has already raised tens of thousands of dollars to help cover medevac and medical expenses. Neighbors, music fans, and craft beer and hot sauce communities are rallying around him.
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📸 Around Center Moriches
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Center Moriches
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★ Featured events ★
- Teen Art Break Drop-In →
Center Moriches Free Public Library, 235 Montauk Hwy, Center Moriches
2:00 pm
Saturday August 22
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Other local events
- Saturday Shabbat Services →
The Jewish Center of The Moriches, 227 Main St, Center Moriches
10:00 am - Hampton Vintage- Luxury Marketplace →
Village of Westhampton Beach - Village Green, 9-1 Beach Rd, Westhampton Beach
9:00 am - HS Fall Sports Begin
Center Moriches UFSD Center Moriches, NY 11934 - Grade 6 Orientation
Center Moriches UFSD Center Moriches, NY 11934
10:00 am - Grade 9 Orientation
Center Moriches UFSD Center Moriches, NY 11934
10:00 am - PTO/SCOPE UPK Buddies
Center Moriches UFSD Center Moriches, NY 11934
4:00 pm - PTO/Kindergarten Buddies
Center Moriches UFSD Center Moriches, NY 11934
6:00 pm - Board of Education Meeting
Moriches Elementary School WFHS Library
6:00 pm - Kindergarten Supply Drop-Off
Center Moriches UFSD Center Moriches, NY 11934
10:00 am
Saturday August 22
Sunday August 23
Monday August 24
Tuesday August 25
Wednesday August 26
📣 Center Moriches Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- NY State Health Insurance Navigator →
Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library – Mastic Beach Satellite Branch, 369 Neighborhood Rd, Mastic Beach
9:30 am - Paper Collage Quilts →
Gallery 90, 90 Montauk Hwy, Center Moriches
3:00 pm - ADITL in-person training →
Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge, 340 Smith Rd, Shirley
12:00 pm - Start Your Evening the Right Way Walking Club →
Smith Point County Park, 1 William Floyd Pkwy, Shirley
5:30 pm
Wednesday August 19
Thursday August 20
Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Center Moriches PatchAM possible:
- The Hamptons Collective — (631) 800-7275
- ABC Medicare Plans Broker — (631) 337-3625
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- This is my furnace or boiler idk what it is called.
Whenever it rains water comes in. I am not sure who to call to fix? Hoping someone can help guide me. Thank you so much! (Nextdoor Center Moriches)
- Monticello Central School District posted a job opening for Substitute Custodian in Manorville. Apply here.
- RDSolutions posted a job opening for Field Collection Specialist in Manorville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Center Moriches here.
🗞 Nearby News
Mastic Beach
- 100-MPH Rampage Ends in CVS Crash, DA Says (southshorepress.com)
Ok Center Moriches! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Deviled eggs (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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